Thomas Romney Robinson
John Thomas Romney Robinson (born April 23, 1792 in Dublin , † February 28, 1882 in Armagh ) was a British astronomer .
Life
Robinson studied physics and astronomy at Trinity College in Dublin . His scientific career began with a professorship in Natural Philosophy (physics) in Dublin. In 1823 he was appointed as an astronomer at the Armagh Observatory . Here his main area of work from 1828 to 1854 was determining the location of stars, which he cataloged. In this way the so-called Armagh catalog was created, which processed the positions of 5345 stars. This catalog was the prerequisite for the large fundamental catalog, which made it possible to derive the movements of the fixed stars from the totality of the stars observed in the course of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Robinson also became famous for the cup anemometer he invented in 1846 .
Honors
Robinson was accepted on January 24, 1872 in the Prussian order Pour Le Mérite for science and the arts as a foreign member. In 1876 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh . In 1935, the Robinson Crater was also named after him. The Robinson crater is a small lunar crater on the front of the moon. Already around a hundred years ago the British polar explorer named James Clark Ross the Mount Robinson in East Antarctic Victoria Land after him.
Web links
- Publications by TR Robinson in the Astrophysics Data System
- Obituaries for TR Robinson in the Astrophysics Data System
- History of the Armagh Observatory under Robinson
Individual evidence
- ^ Thomas Romney Robinson , website of the Orden Pour Le Mérite, accessed February 27, 2012
- ↑ The Order Pour Le Mérite for Science and the Arts, The Members of the Order, Volume I, page 312, Gebr. Mann-Verlage, Berlin, 1975
- ^ Fellows Directory. Biographical Index: Former RSE Fellows 1783–2002. (PDF file) Royal Society of Edinburgh, accessed April 3, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robinson, Thomas Romney |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Robinson, John Thomas Romney (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British astronomer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 23, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1882 |
| Place of death | Armagh |